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Originally Posted by luv
Before "these days," punishments for weed possession were quite lengthy. There are people who have been in prison for several years. There have probably been some of "these days" people get arrested, convicted, served their time, and gotten released for the same crime that some people that have been in prison for years are still in for today.
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Yeah, I get that. When I was a kid a million years ago, weed possession was a serious offense. Some kid in another HS was in the papers (1985?) for possession and got 5 years or whatever. Some other kid was sentenced to 10 years or something for possession of half a pound, I think. Some poor prep school kid, never did anything illegal in his life except that one time, and lost nearly 8 years of his life.
But now, one of my friend's kids got nicked with about a quarter and only got a fine? And that was his 2nd offense, iirc.